RE: Teaching Puppy Not To Bite
You should probably say you have triplets now. Training a puppy is just about like training kids. Be gentle but stern. It is really not a good idea to have a puppy and young children at the same time. It's not fair to the puppy since young kids can be too rough. When things go wrong, the puppy is the one that gets the blame. You have to consider that the puppy is in a learning process. So please be fair to your puppy and teach your kids to respect the puppy. And remember that a puppy does not think like a person. Treat your puppy like a pet not a person. Don't allow it to get on beds or furniture. The puppy needs a leader since dogs are pack animals. Don't let it lead, you have be in control especially since you have young children. Good luck.
Posted on 07/02/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse
RE: Teaching Puppy Not To Bite
I always try the most gentle methods first.... it works on some dogs...
NEVER use your hand as a toy. NEVER play rough (wrestling, shoving, etc.) when biting occurs, tell him "no, get a toy" and get a toy to play with. when he plays with the toy then, tell him how good a boy he is... often this works.
Still having trouble? as sjackie2000 said:
"grab and hold their mouth shut and say no in a stern voice. Then ignore them for a while."
or if they're quite agressive, take hold of only the top half of the muzzle, curling the upper lips under the top teeth and give a gentle but firm squeeze. He just plain might not know how hard he's biting.
Our Ralphie had that trouble but not any more. He knows our hands aren't chewies and this teeth aren't used for play.
Posted on 06/25/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse
RE: Teaching Puppy Not To Bite
The best method we ever found for stopping our puppies from biting is...when they bite you, grab and hold their mouth shut and say no in a stern voice. Then ignore them for a while. Do this every time they bite and they will soon get the message that it's not allowed. This also works if your dog barks a lot.
Posted on 06/23/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse
RE: Teaching Puppy Not To Bite
As far as biting, make sure he has lots of things to chew on and give him those when he is biting. Puppies do this.
As far of toilet training. See 10 tips on this page:
http://dog.puppy-housetraining.com/dogpottytrainingten/
Posted on 06/23/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse
RE: Teaching Puppy Not To Bite
Please don't leave a dog outside when no one is home! That's a big danger. Someone could poison them, steal them, tease them & get bitten, they could hut themselves & bleed to death REGARDLESS if you have a fenced in yard! Crating is good but it has to be a reward/den/safe haven, NOT a punishment. Only put toys in it that there is no danger of chewing off pieces & choking on them. Don't let them eat rawhide without an adult present because the pieces swell in the stomach & intestines & can hurt them & possibly kill them. I don't let my dogs eat them at all. The foreign made ones can have poison them too. When a puppy bites yell "ouch" like a litter-mate would. And then play ends immediately & you walk away ignoring him! Do this every time & it shouldn't take long for him to realize that biting means the fun stops.
Posted on 06/23/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse
RE: Teaching Puppy Not To Bite
How do I get a dog to tell me he needs to go out? I no longer put him outside because I am moving to a condo now so I lose the backyard. I would love to let him sleep on his bed at night but I need to know he's potty trained.
As for bitting i have little girls which I know he is only playing with but I can't have him bite them his bite is hard. I understand he is a puppy but I must find a solution fast!
Posted on 06/23/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse
RE: Teaching Puppy Not To Bite
I have a 11 week old puppy. he is a shepherd. I yell alw load to make him to stop biteing me and it is working.Then say no. try this he will soon know that it is not ok for him to bite you. As far as house traing. I got my puppy trained in one day every time you take him out make him tell you.This might take some time but my puppy is not in a creat and never will be.He comes to me in the night to tell me he must go out. he has a bed in are room on the floor he is doing good.Try this it might take your puppy longer . But keep at it it may work. Your puppy needs to tell you he needs to go out. before its to late. Good luck.
Posted on 06/23/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse
RE: Teaching Puppy Not To Bite
I agree, your dog is still a puppy and puppies are still teething. Get lots of rawhide bones, plus teething toys.
As far as leaving your puppy outside alone...Get a crate for housetraining your dog. The dogs love their own space. Put him in the crate when you leave, let him outside as soon as you get home. Crate him at night, let him out first thing in the morning. He will eventually go to his crate when he sees you getting ready to leave the house, or at bedtime. I housebroke my 1 12 year old Cairn Terrier this way and it really works well.
Posted on 06/22/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse
RE: Teaching Puppy Not To Bite
i think as a puppy he might well be teething just as a baby would, so he will actually need something to chew on... there must be loads of things you can buy, rubber bones etc. As for putting him outside all day, has he got his own "house"? i'd feel sorry for him left alone and lonely the whole day, he's a baby. have you heard of the "dog whisperer" maybe he has a website re house training.
Posted on 06/21/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse
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